Burma teak garden bench

[stanrog]

I have been sanding down a garden bench which is badly weathered, green bits (mould?) and which was painted with a dark stain, now flaking. I have uncovered (under the stain) a plate advising the wood is burma teak.
If the bench was mine I would rub down to remove as much stain as possible and treat with teak oil, however, it is a part of gardening work I am doing and to spend a lot of time on it would be to expensive for my client (OAP).
Advice I would appreciate is that If I take the worst of the stain off but not all (ie that which has soaked in) and then treat a test area with teak oil to see how it looks, if not okay, would a stain take on top of the area treated with teak oil and if not, how best to remove/neutralize the teak oil.
Also, if it is okay with teak oil, how often does it need to be re-treated with teak oil to maintain a neat finish.

 

[Deluks]

Do you have a powered sander? Screwfix are doing one for £3.99, and would make light work of a bench..

 

[stanrog]

Hi Deluks

I am using a Bosch orbital sander and course elctro coated resign bonded sand paper, also a lot of hand rubbing. Flat bits are fine but but there are a lot of places the sander is to big eg. edges of the slats on the back, also where the slats join; same for seating slats. Also the seating slats are not set dead flat but on a curve.

thanks for interest.

Stanrog

 

[JohnD]

Teak is naturally oily, so other stains and paints will not adhere well.

Is the old chap not capable of doing a bit of rubbing down on his own?

 

[stanrog]

Thanks for reply JohnD. The bench owner is a female OAP and she does not have the strength to do any sanding.
Regretfully, it does seem that I am going to have to stain it.

regards
Stanrog